October 2025
Geographical distribution of migrants in Ireland
Characteristics of the communities where migrants live
Residential segregation across neighbourhoods
Factors associated with residential segregation
Integration as a spatialised process (Gilmartin and Dagg 2021);
Different paths to integration depending on origin (Heath and Schneider 2021)
Housing as marker and mean of integration (Ager and Strang 2008) and space for bridges, links and bonds;
High concentration in areas with high share of privately rented accommodation (Fahey et al. 2019)
Housing tenure, affordability and availability (McGinnity et al. 2024; Lima 2025)

Small decrease in foreign-born segregation between 2011 and 2016.
“We might expect greater residential clustering among more tightly defined groups that share linguistic or cultural characteristics.”
Segregation.
Data
Policy
